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ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

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2004 Annual Conference

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George Fodor; Ramakrishna Gottipati; Janos Grantner

Intelligent Fuzzy Controllers Laboratory Janos L Grantner1 , Ramakrishna Gottipati1 , George A Fodor2 1 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Western Michigan University Kalamazoo MI 49008-5329, USA grantner@wmich.edu, r0gottip@wmich.edu 2 ABB Automation Technology Products AB, S-721 67 Vasteras, Sweden george.a.fodor@se.abb.comAbstract The Intelligent Fuzzy Controllers Laboratory has been developed in the Department ofElectrical and Computer

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TIME 4: Pedagogy

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2004 Annual Conference

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Kevin Schmaltz; Christopher Byrne; Joel Lenoir; Robert Choate

, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Baltimore. (http://www.abet.org/criteria.html)2. Senerty, E.M. “Assessment: How Much is Too Much or How Much is Not Enough?” ASEE Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition3. Shetty, D. and Coleman, S. “Interpretation Of Engineering And Non-Engineering Skills During Transition From Being A Freshman To A Graduating Engineer” ASEE Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition4. Lumsdaine, E., Lumsdaine, M., and Shelnutt, J.W., Creative Problem Solving and Engineering Design, Dubuque, Iowa: McGraw-Hill Primis, 1996.5. Dym, C.L. and Little, P., Engineering Design

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Curriculum Development in Information Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

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Michael Bailey

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineeringor her to troubleshoot problems that arise, advocate for computer users needs, interact with othertechnical professionals and otherwise manage digital systems.Historically, before the advent of formal IT education, other technical professionals wereretrained to provide these services. In this self-education process, the particular backgroundneeded for a particular task was acquired on an ad-hoc basis. In a rather notorious example, inthe 1980’s an astrophysicist was working as a network engineer when he stumbled across adiscrepancy in some billing records3. He then trained himself to troubleshoot this issue, andeventually to track the hackers that were at the root of the problem. Anecdotal examples

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ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robert Leland

(1): 103-121 March 1995. [7]. Slavin, R. E., Cooperative Learning: Theory, Research and Practice, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1990. [8]. Schoenfeld, A.H., “Reflections on a Course in Mathematical Problem Solving,” Research in Collegiate Mathematics Education. III, Schoenfeld, A.H., Kaput, J. Dubinsky, E. eds., American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 81-113, 1998. [9]. Trafton, J. G, Trickett, S. B., “Note-Taking for Self-Explanation and Problem Solving,” Human-Computer Interaction, 2001, Vol. 16, 1-38.[10]. Webb, N. M. “Task Related Verbal Interaction and Mathematics Learning in Small Groups,” Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 22 (5), 366-389, 1991.[11]. Wong, R.M.F., Lawson, M. J

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Herz

with information elements specified inextensible markup language (XML) to provide model-language and platform independence.Initial tests of a two-unit plant, with one unit in San Diego and one unit in Houston, obtained anaverage messaging time of 0.18 s per time step for 4th-order Runge-Kutta integration of theprocess models via TCP/IP socket connections at the high Internet traffic time of mid-day andmid-week.Lessons and recommendationsThe main lesson is that software simulations engage students in active learning and are apowerful teaching and learning tool. Page 9.1039.9 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering

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Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Solomon Alao; Shurron Farmer; Damian Watkins; Craig Scott; Pamela Leigh-Mack

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Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Gregory Davis

Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2003-1133, 2003.3. Ken French, “Recycled Fuel Performance in the SR-30 Gas Turbine,” Proceedings of the 2003 AmericanSociety for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2003-1133, 2003.4. T. Witkowski, S. White, C. Ortiz Dueñas, P. Strykowski, T. Simon, “Characterizing The PerformanceOf The Sr-30 Turbojet Engine,” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering EducationAnnual Conference & Exposition, 2003-1133, 2003.5 . B. R. Munson, D. F. Young, and T. H. Okiishi, “The Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics”.Biographical InformationDR. GREG DAVIS is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University, formerly known asGMI Engineering & Management Institute. Acting

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Writing and Communication I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Lisa McNair; Garlie Forehand; Beverly Sutley-Fish; Michael Laughter; Judith Norback

(2000): 369-87.19 Mikulecky, L. and P. Lloyd. “The Impact of Workplace Literacy Programs: A New Model for Evaluating theImpact of Workplace Literacy Programs.” NCAL Technical Report TR93-2, National Center on Adult Literacy,University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1993.20 Norback, Judith Shaul, Joel S. Sokol, Peter J. McGuire, Garlie A. Forehand. “Engineering WorkplaceCommunication: Presenting and Writing.” In Introduction to Engineering through Case Studies, editors ChetanSankar and P.K. Raju. Taveneer Publishing Company, Anderson, SC, 2004.Norback, Judith Shaul; G.A. Forehand; Stephanie A. Jernigan; Alexander B. Quinn. “Teaching WorkplaceCommunication in Senior Design.” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering

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Projects,Teams & Cooperative Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

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Samuel Daniels; Bouzid Aliane; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

, maximum/minimum,resolution and sensitivity.Sensors come in two flavors, digital and analog. Digital sensors can only be in twostates, namely on and off. Examples of digital sensors include inductive proximitysensors, which are used to detect the presence of metals, and optical proximity sensorsthat use light to detect the presence. Analog sensors, on the other hand, output valuesover a range. Examples of these include thermocouples, which produce a small voltageproportional to temperature, and potentiometers, which provide a resistance proportionalto an angle or displacement.Example 2: Wor king with sensor s using LabVIEWObjective: Investigate popular industrial and laboratory sensors and determine theircritical specifications. Then use the

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Energy Programs and Software Tools

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2004 Annual Conference

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Michael Sexton

on theengineering principles involved in the project without being overwhelmed by the details of themathematics involved in the solution of the resulting system of nonlinear equations.Bibliography:1. Stocker, W. F., Design of Thermal Systems, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 1971.2. Sexton, M. R., "Gas Turbine Engine Simulation Using Mathcad: A Student Project," Proceedings of the ASEEAnnual Conference (Charlotte, NC, June 1999.)3. Ngankeu, P.S.L., and Sexton, M.R., "Simulation of a Hybrid Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cycle: A SummerUndergraduate Research Project," Paper 2003-76, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference (Nashville, June2003.)4. Brandon, S. J., Douglas J. W., and Sexton, M. R., "Gas Turbine Engine: A Senior Design Project," Proceedings

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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sherion Jackson; Andrew Jackson; Bob Wilkins

were encouraged to try several designs early inthe development process and to confer with test engineers as to which model(s) performed bestduring the test phase in both flight distance and flight duration. Once a candidate design (ordesigns) was (were) selected, the design engineers were responsible for creating AutoCADdrawings with appropriate assembly instructions, so team members could recreate the prototypepaper airplanes for the final flight competition. Phase Three was the final week of the programwhere final preparations were made for the actual paper airplanes to be used in the competition.Flight Competition and Contract Award On Tuesday of the third week of the program, the flight test competition was held. Theoriginal plan

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BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Saleh Sbenaty

, Vishwanath RI, Brown PO. 1997. Exploring the metabolic and genetic control of gene expression on a genomic scale. Science. 278:680-686. 7. Hudson JR Jr, Dawson EP, Rushing KL, Jackson CH, Lockshon D, Conover D, Lanciault C, Harris JR, Simmons SJ, Rothstein R, Fields S. 1997. The complete set of predicted genes from Saccharomyces cerevisiae in a readily usable form. Genome Research. 7(12):1169-73. 8. Brown P. 1999. M-guide. http://cmgm.stanford.edu/pbrown/mguide/Saleh M. SbenatyDr. Saleh M. Sbenaty is currently a Professor of Engineering Technology at Middle Tennessee State University. Hereceived the BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Damascus University, Syria and the MS and Ph.D. degrees inEE from Tennessee Tech

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EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 1

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2004 Annual Conference

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Hamid Khan

. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River. 2. KELMAN, S. (1994) Cost Benefit Analysis: An Ethical Critique in The Ford Pinto Case --A Study in Applied Ethics, Business and technology, Donald Birsch and John Fielder editors. Page 9.972.9 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education 3. BUTTERS G., Johan Calfee, and Pauline Ippolito. (1994) Defending the Cost Benefit Analysis: Replies to Steven Kelman in The Ford Pinto Case --A Study in Applied Ethics, Business and technology, Donald Birsch

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Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mohamed El-Sayed; Jacqueline El-Sayed

5. Terenzini, P. T., Cabrera, A. F., Colbeck, C. L., Parente, J. M., Bjorklund, S. A., “Collaborative Learning vs. Lecture/Discussion: Students’ Reported Learning Gains,” Journal of Engineering Education, January 2001, pp. 123-130“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education” Page 9.19.8 6. Haller, C. R., Gallager, V. J., Weldon, T. L., Felder, R.M., “Dynamics of Peer Education in Cooperative Learning Workgroups”, Journal of

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Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2004 Annual Conference

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Monte Tull; Gerald Crain

Course" Frontiers in Education Conference, 1997, 27th Annual Conference, 'Teachingand Learning in an Era of Change', vol.: 2, 644-647, Nov. 5-8, 1997.[2] Parker, J., Midkiff, C., Kavanaugh, S., "Capstone Senior Design at the University ofAlabama", Frontiers in Education Conference, 1996. FIE '96. 26th Annual Conference, vol.:1, 258-262. Nov. 16-9, 1996.[3] Heitman, G.K., Manseur, R., Organization of a Capstone Design Course,Frontiers in Education Conference, 2000. FIE 2000. 30th Annual, vol.: 1, F1C/1-F1C/5, Oct.18-21, 2000.[4] Masi, J.V., "Teaching the Process of Creativity in the Engineering Classroom", Frontiersin Education Conference, 1989, 288-292, Oct. 15-17,1989.[5] Rover, D.T., "Perspectives on Learning in a Capstone Design Course

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Service Learning in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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John Chandler; dean fontenot

been taught,departmental faculty and administrators have been pleased with the feedback fromstudents and with the students’ oral presentation skills. Page 9.768.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004 American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. Oakes, W., Duffy, J., Jacobius, T., Linos, P., Lord, S., Schultz, W. W., and Smith, A. “Service- Learning in Engineering,” Proceedings of the 2002 Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, session F3A, CD ROM, 2002.2. Chandler, J.R., Fontenot, A. D., TTU College of

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Engineering/Education Collaborators

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jeffrey Connor; Vinod Lohani

. Curriculum Design." Chem. Eng. Ed., 34 (3), pp. 222-233.10 Dixon, A. G., Clark, W.M., and DiBiasio, D. 2000. " A project-based spiral curriculum for introductory courses inChemical Engineering: Part 2. Implementation." Chemical Eng. Ed., 34 (4), pp. 296-303.11 DiBiasio, D., Comparini, L., Dixon, A., and Clark, W. 2001. " A project-based spiral curriculum for introductorycourses in ChE: III. Evaluation," Chemical Eng. Ed., 35 (2), pp. 140-147.12 Dann, W., Cooper, S., and Pausch, R. 2004. Learning to Program with Alice. Textbook is under publication.Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Page 9.159.10 “Proceedings of the 2004

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Barry Farbrother

, is employed by MAP. As the EiR, Stoodt typically1 B. J. Farbrother Ph.D., C.Eng. Dean, Thomas Jefferson Smull College of Engineering, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio 45810,USA. b-farbrother@onu.edu2 K. R. Stoodt, BSME, Engineer in Residence, Biggs Engineering Building, 525 South Main Street, Ada, OH 45810, USA.krstoodt@mapllc.com3 B. L. Crombie, CE Undergraduate, Unit 2250, 525 South Main Street, Ada, OH 45810, USA. b-crombie@onu.edu4 R. M. Korkos, EE Undergraduate, Unit 2662, 525 South Main Street, Ada, OH 45810, USA. r-korkos@onu.edu5 Page 9.1423.1 M. S. Launsbach, ME Undergraduate, Unit 2426, 525 South

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TYCD 2004 Lower Division Initatives

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2004 Annual Conference

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Eric Granlund

fundamentals of engineering design to freshmanengineering students. The paper also presented a description of a design project that wasconducted by two-year engineering technology students in their introductory engineeringgraphics/CAD course. Lastly, the paper described the 18 credit-hour entrepreneurshipminor. The Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor (E-SHIP) is an interdisciplinary minoropen to all students. However, the entrepreneurship classes are designed in such a waythat engineering students will learn basic business principles and business students willlearn the basic engineering design process. Many engineering students are pursuing thisminor to complement their baccalaureate engineering degrees.Bibliography 1. Anwar, S., and

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Experience with Experiential Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

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Donna Summers

., Stratton, M., and Summers, D. “Future Directions for Mechanical, Manufacturing,and Industrial Engineering Technology Programs, Journal of Engineering Technology, Spring 2002, Vol.19, No. 1, pages 8-15.2. Summers, D. “Practical Methods for Keeping Project Courses on Track”, ASEE Annual Conference,Session 1475, 2001.3. Summers, D. and Edmonson, C. “A Structure for an Interactive Project Management Course”, ASEEAnnual Conference, Session 2549, 2003.BiographyCharlie P. Edmonson is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of Industrial EngineeringTechnology at the University of Dayton. Prior to joining the faculty at UD, he retired from the U. S. AirForce after 30 years of engineering design, industrial engineering, and experience at various

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Lumsdaine Arnold; Jack Waserman; J. A. M. Boulet

People Learn, National Research Council, National Academy Press. 3. Dockterman, D. A. (1995) “Interactive Learning: It’s Pushing the Right Buttons,” Educational Leader- ship, 53(2), 58-59. 4. Hennessy, S., et al. (1995) “Design of a Computer-Augmented Curriculum for Mechanics,” International Journal of Science Education, 17(1), 75-92. 5. Lee, P., and W. Sullivan (1995) “The Use of Multimedia Support Materials in Engineering Education,” Computers and Industrial Engineering, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering. 6. Turner, A. (1997) “Using the Web to Enhance Education,” Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE/ASEE Fron- tiers in Education

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yi Cheng

be reconstructed from the compressed file without error. The algorithms selected forthis task utilize recent advances in wavelet theory, especially integer wavelet transforms,and coding theory to maximize the compression ratio. An uncompressed color or black-and-white image in bit map (BMP) or tagged image file format (TIFF) is transformed intoa text file consisting of a matrix of pixel values. This text file is filtered (transformed)using various integer wavelet transforms. The integer wavelet transforms are applied asmany times as needed. This process reduces the redundancy of the original picture asmuch as possible. The integer wavelet transforms such as (1,1), (2,2), (2,4), (2+2,2),(3,1), (4,2), (4,4), (6,2), 9-7, D4, S+P are used in the

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Technology-Based Entrepreneurship Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Muhlbaier; Peter Jansson

graduates in business andnew product development.BIBLIOGRAPHY1 J. L Schmalzel, A. J. Marchese, J. Mariappan and S. A. Mandayam, "The Engineering Clinic: A four-year designsequence," presented at the 2nd An. Conf. of Nat. Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, Washington, D.C.,1998.2 J. L Schmalzel, A. J. Marchese and R. P. Hesketh, "What's brewing in the Clinic?," HP Engineering Educator,2:1,Winter 1998, pp. 6-7.3 A. J. Marchese, J. L Schmalzel, S.A. Mandayam and J. C. Chen, "A Venture Capital Fund for UndergraduateEngineering Students at Rowan University," Journal of Engineering Education,October 2001, pp. 589-596.4 LumiLeds Inc. – “Using Super Flux LEDs in Automotive Signal Lamps”, Application Note 1149-1.5 TYC Automotive Products

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TC2K and Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Shull; John Wise

the maximum applicability.3,4,5 Faculty were asked to consider both goals and Page 9.573.4objectives from a student point of view. Goals are expected to be broad statements related to the Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationpurpose(s) of each course. As broad statements, goals are not usually measurable in themselves.Objectives are written to support the goals, and are much more specific and thereforemeasurable. Objectives were to include four components: Audience (the expected learner

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Web Education I: Delivery and Evaluation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Walker; Joseph Goodman

drop the programming instructionmaterial from the first course and to teach whatever computer programming language(s) theother engineering departments desired in separate courses. This resulted in a 1-credit hourFortran 90 course (EF 2324) and a 2-credit hour C++ course (EF 2314). The Electrical andComputer Engineering Department decided to offer its own 3-credit C++ course (ECE 1574).Some departments dropped the programming language component from their curriculum Page 9.955.1completely.The ProblemThe first course offering of EF 2314 was scheduled for fall 1999. At that time, there was onlyone available C++ programming instructor in the division

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Leadership in the Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robert Martinazzi; Jerry Samples; Andrew Rose

/Win\6 Paradigms Pgs. 204-215 Sess “4”/AE-214 Habit 4 – Five Dimensions of Win/Win Pgs. 216-234 Sess “4”/AE-315 Habit 5 – Seek First to Understand/Empathy Pgs. 235-244 Sess “5”/AE-1,216 Habit 5 – Four Autobiographical Res/Perceptions Pgs. 245-260 Sess “5”/AE-317 Habit 5 – Empathetic Listening Exercises Sess “5”/AE-418 Habit 6 – Synergize Pgs. 261-270 Sess “6”/AE-119 Habit 6 – Third Alternative Pgs. 271-277 Sess “6”/AE-220 Habit 6 – Valuing the Differences Pgs. 278-284 Sess “6”/AE-321 Habit 7 – Physical/Spiritual Renewal Pgs. 285-294 Sess “7”/AE-1 (P&S)22

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Web-Based Instruction

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mukasa Ssemakula

Future Value Future Value Simple Compound $1,000.00 5% 5 $1,250.00 $1,276.28An important issue that arises when dealing with compound interest is the frequency ofcompounding. This leads to the concepts of nominal and effective interest rate. Again, Excel’sfinancial analysis tools were used to build the simulation shown in Table 3. This shows therelationship between nominal interest rate, effective rate per compounding period (CP), andeffective annual rate. On changing the value(s) of nominal rate and/or compounding frequency,the resulting effective rates are shown automatically by the computer

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IE Outreach and Advancement

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tycho Fredericks; Steven Butt; Jorge Rodriguez

University of Texas – Austin, 3 University of Colorado – Boulder, 4 University of Nevada – RenoWestern Michigan University (WMU)’s Summer Institute for Technology, “Design-Engineering-Technology: Enlightened Trial and Error” is a 2-week simulated design engineeringprogram for high school juniors and seniors. The goal of the Summer Institute is to providestudents an opportunity to interact with engineering professionals and practitioners in a simulatedengineering product design process. This product development process is valuable because itcorresponds with the type of interpersonal communication, problem-solving, and conflictresolution skills that leading firms and industry seek

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EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Adams; Erick Jones

Probability & Statistics for Engineers. (New Jersey: Prentice Hall.8. Montgomery, D.C., and Runger, G.C. (1999). Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers – 2nd edition. New York: John Wiley.9. Grant E. L. and Leavenworth R. S., (1988). Statistical Quality Control. New York: McGraw-Hill Company.10. Boyatzis, R., McKee, A. and Goleman, D. (2000). Reawakening your Passion for Work. Harvard Business Review, Vol. 80, No. 4. pp. 87-94.Biographic InformationERICK C. JONES is a Visiting Professor in the Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department at theUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Houston.STEPHANIE G. ADAMS received her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University

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Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shannon White; Patricia Niehues; Steven Peretti; Lisa Bullard

. 4(7), 16-20, 1995. 2. Henderson, J.M., L.G. Bellman, and B.J. Furman, “A Case for Teaching Engineering with Cases,” J. Eng. Education, 288-292, Jan. 1983. 3. Herreid, C.F., “What Is A Case? Bringing to Science Education the Established Teaching Tool of Law and Medicine,” J. College Science Teaching, 92-23, Nov. 1997. 4. Peters, Max S., Klaus D. Timmerhaus, and Ronald E. West, Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers, Fifth Edition, McGraw Hill, 2003, pp. 900-905. 5. Rousseau, Ronald W. and Robert C. Armstrong, “New Directions and Opportunities – Creating the Future,” Workshop on Frontiers in Chemical Engineering Education, AIChE National Meeting, San